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PERSONNEL: ATTEND CONFERENCE AT FUNERAL HOMES
(Business ~ 04/30/01)
Brian and Suzanne Crain, of Crain Funeral Homes and Cemeteries, recently attended the spring meeting of the Illinois Cemetery and Funeral Home Association, held at the Eagle Creek Lodge & State Park, at Lake Shelbyville. Bryan Crain conducted a seminar on grave-locating techniques for rural cemeteries...
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PERSONNEL: TWO COMPANIES GET FLEET SAFETY AWARDS
(Business ~ 04/30/01)
Genesis Transportation Co. Inc. of Cape Girardeau and Hull Trucking Inc. of Old Appleton received National Fleet Safety Awards recently from the Great West Casualty Co., which has headquarters in South Sioux City, Neb. Carriers were recognized for achieving a low preventable accident frequency per million miles of operations. Carrier results were compared to results of similar carriers and presented one of four awards -- Platinum, Gold, Silver or Participatory...
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PERSONNEL: AGENT RECEIVES SALES, SERVICE AWARDS
(Business ~ 04/30/01)
Rhonda Carter of Dexter, Mo., agent for Country Insurance & Financial Services, has received the All American Award for sales and services, placing her among the top five percent of its more than 2,500 agents. Carter also received the Country 2000 All Star Award, was selected as District 5 New Agent of the Year and was winner of the Country Triple Crown award...
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PERSONNEL: NAMED TO POST IN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
(Business ~ 04/30/01)
Dr. Ed Masters has been elected to the speaker of the house for the Missouri State Medical Association. Masters was elected during the association's annual meeting, held at St. Louis recently. Masters, also an officer of the local Cape Girardeau County Area Medical Society, has offices at Regional Primary Care, Inc., 69 Doctors Park in Cape Girardeau...
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PERSONNEL: NEW BRANCH MANAGER AT VECTOR MARKETING
(Business ~ 04/30/01)
Matthew Young of Cape Girardeau has been promoted to branch manager of Vector Marketing's Cape Girardeau officer, effective May 1. Young joined Vector as a sale representative in June 1999 at the St. Louis South office. He has served as a certified field training and assistant manger prior to the latest promotion. He is finishing up his sophomore year as a finance major at the University of Kentucky...
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MEMO: WORKERS' COMPENSATION MEETING AT DRURY LODGE
(Business ~ 04/30/01)
Byron Klemme, supervisor of the Missouri Department of Labor and Industry Relations, Workers' Compensation Fraud and Noncompliance Unit, will be guest speaker at the Cape Girardeau Workers' Compensation Discussion Group meeting Wednesday. The noon session will be held at the Drury Lodge in Cape Girardeau...
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MEMO: BUSINESS COUNSELING SESSIONS SCHEDULED
(Business ~ 04/30/01)
The Small Business Development Center will conduct counseling sessions at Cape Girardeau, Sikeston and Perryville in May. The counselor, Gil Degenhardt, will be available May 16 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce office. The counseling sessions (about one hour) are free. Call 335-3312 for appointment...
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MEMO: FARMERS' MARKET OPENS THURSDAY IN CAPE
(Business ~ 04/30/01)
The Cape Girardeau Farmer's Market will open its 16th season Thursday. The weekly market is held from 3-7 p.m. at 2001 Independence on the Plaza Galleria parking lot. "We should be seeing a number of items this week," said Marilyn Peters, who serves as market manager...
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MEMO: PIPELINE SAFETY PROGRAM SCHEDULED FOR MAY 22
(Business ~ 04/30/01)
The Pipeline Group, with headquarters at Midland, Texas, will host its annual "Public Education -- Contractor Awareness Program" May 22 at the Osage Community Center in Cape Girardeau. The program is sponsored by a group of companies, including ExxonMobil Pipeline, Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Co., and Texas Eastern Transmission Corp...
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MEMO: OSHA SEMINAR AT HOLIDAY INN MAY 23
(Business ~ 04/30/01)
A special seminar will discuss what to do when there is an OSHA inspector in your lobby. The three-hour session, 9 a.m. to noon, will be held at the Holiday Inn in Cape Girardeau May 23 and will discuss what triggers an OSHA inspection, how to prepare for an inspection and rights and responsibilities of the employer and employee and the Occupational Safety and Health Act...
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MEMO: INSURANCE COMPANY MOVES TO NEW LOCATION
(Business ~ 04/30/01)
Bo Shantz, agent for State Farm Insurance Cos., has moved to a new location, at 1213B N. Kingshighway. A grand opening will be held at the new location next month, said Shantz, who has been a State Farm agent more than eight years. The new State Farm office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday...
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PERSONNEL: STENOGRAPHER NAMED EMPLOYEE OF YEAR
(Business ~ 04/30/01)
Kathy Graham, clerk stenographer III, has been named the 2000 Employee of the Year at the Missouri Veterans Home. Graham received a certificate and cash prize during the annual Employee Recognition Night/Bingo Bash, held recently at the VFW Post 3838 hall...
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PERSONNEL: SALES DIRECTOR WINS USE OF PINK CADILLAC
(Business ~ 04/30/01)
Jana Jateff, a sales director for Mary Kay Cosmetics, has earned the use of a Mary Kay "signature pink" Cadillac, the most coveted incentive awarded by the company. The pink Cadillac has long been synonymous with the cosmetics and skin care company...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: MARCHI TO GET NATIONAL AWARD FOR ACTIONS AFTER STORM
(Business ~ 04/30/01)
Dennis Marchi has added another honor to his long list of community and professional distinctions. Marchi, manager of Schnucks Food & Drug in Cape Girardeau, is one of four national winners in a Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Store Manager Customer Service contest...
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MEMO: WORKPLACE DEATHS DOWN OVER PAST 20 YEARS
(Business ~ 04/30/01)
Workplace deaths in the United States have dropped by nearly half over the past two decades, the government said Thursday, crediting new technology, stricter safety regulations and a shift in the economy toward safer service-industry jobs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 5,285 workers died from on-the-job injuries in 1997, the latest year for which figures are available. That is a rate of 4.1 deaths per 100,000 workers -- down 45 percent from 1980, when it was 7.4...
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PERSONNEL: JOINS TANNING, BEAUTY SALON IN FRUITLAND
(Business ~ 04/30/01)
Karen McElreath of Fruitland, Mo., has joined A Great Cut and Tan salon at Fruitland. McElreath, who has more than 22 years of experience in the beauty field, previously worked at Beauty Boutique of Jackson.
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PERSONNEL: REALTOR HONORED AT ST. LOUIS BANQUET
(Business ~ 04/30/01)
Doris Jean Arnold, Realtor with RE/MAX Realty One, recently received the RE/MAX International 100% Club award during the group's annual St.. Louis Region Awards Banquet, held at the Ritz Carlton. Arnold has been a Realtor since 1988, and with RE/MAX Realty One at 107 S. Broadview since 1998...
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MEMO: CITIZENS MUTUAL MARKS CENTURY OF BUSINESS
(Business ~ 04/30/01)
Citizens Mutual Insurance Company is observing its 100th year in business. The company was founded April 27, 1901, in the Grange Hall of Apple Creek Township in Cape Girardeau County. When Citizens was first founded, it consisted of 300 policyholders and insured $285,000 worth of assets. Today, the company insures more than $395 million in property...
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ONE-THIRD OPTS FOR TWO-YEAR PLATES; DRIVERS CAN NOW CHOOSE BETWEEN ONE YEAR OR TWO FOR PLATES
(Local News ~ 04/30/01)
Missouri's new two-year license plate registration system has been slow to catch on with vehicle owners who are used to getting new tags annually. About 30 percent of eligible vehicle owners have chosen the two-year registration option since a new law went into effect in July...
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OFFICIALS SAY RESOURCES LIMITED TO DEAL WITH YOUTH SEX OFFENDERS
(Local News ~ 04/30/01)
Youth sex crimes around Cape Girardeau County this year have nearly equaled the total for all of 2000, and juvenile authorities are straining to meet the need. Seven cases in 2001 involving juvenile sex offenders may not seem high, said Randy Rhodes, chief juvenile officer for Bollinger, Perry and Cape Girardeau counties. But handling only eight last year was simpler...
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SHERYL CROW WON'T BE AT SOUTHEAST GRADUATION
(Local News ~ 04/30/01)
A scheduling conflict will keep singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow from commencement exercises Saturday at Southeast Missouri State University. Crow was slated to receive an honorary degree from the university May 5 but now won't be able to attend the ceremonies...
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INDIANS POST WIN NO. 30
(College Sports ~ 04/30/01)
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- Southeast Missouri State University's baseball team completed a three-game road sweep of Austin Peay and also recorded its 30th victory of the season with a 4-3 triumph Sunday afternoon. The Indians improved to 30-14 overall and 11-4 in Ohio Valley Conference play as they officially qualified for the six-team OVC Tournament and also kept their hopes of winning the regular-season title alive. Second-place Southeast trails Eastern Illinois (14-0) by 3 1/2 games...
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OTAHKIANS FINISH OFF HOME SCHEDULE IN STYLE
(College Sports ~ 04/30/01)
Southeast Missouri State University's softball team won't get to host the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament this year, but the Otahkians moved within one victory of an impressive accomplishment by defeating visiting Morehead State 6-4 Sunday afternoon...
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RESSEL, MEHNER GARNER TOP NOTRE DAME AWARDS
(High School Sports ~ 04/30/01)
Jonathan Ressel and Katie Mehner received the top honors Sunday evening during the annual Notre Dame High School Booster Club Awards Banquet. About 500 athletes, coaches, teachers, parents and boosters saw Ressel and Mehner presented with the Bulldog and Lady Bulldog of the Year awards...
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CRAIG UNTERREINER
(Obituary ~ 04/30/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Craig J. Unterreiner, 30, of Perryville died Saturday, April 28, 2001, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born Jan. 23, 1971, at Perry County, Mo., son of Joseph and Eleanor Buchheit Unterreiner. He was self-employed and was a member of St. Vincent de Paul parish...
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MILO STARLING
(Obituary ~ 04/30/01)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Milo Starling, 85, of Cobden died Saturday, April 28, 2001, at the Union County Hospital in Anna, Ill. He was born April 24, 1916, in Herrin, Ill., son of Francis Marion and Altha Payne Starling. He married Inis Hayden in Jonesboro, Ill., and she preceded him in death...
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VERDA DOVER
(Obituary ~ 04/30/01)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Verda Dover, 84, of Scott City, died Sunday, April 29, 2001, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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EDNA WELCH
(Obituary ~ 04/30/01)
Edna Ellen Welch, 95, of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, April 29, 2001, at The Lutheran Home. She was born March 1, 1906, in Allenville, Mo., the daughter of Dallas Hugh and Sarah Ella Waddle Zimmerman. She married Donald Welch on Dec. 24, 1931, in Oak Ridge, Mo., and he preceded her in death in 1959...
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MAE CAMPBELL
(Obituary ~ 04/30/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- Mae Absher Ray Campbell, 88, of Anna died Sunday, April 29, 2001, at City Care Center in Anna. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Lutz & Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna.
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TWO PEOPLE DIE IN ACCIDENTS
(Local News ~ 04/30/01)
Two Southeast Missouri drivers were killed in traffic accidents Sunday. Christina White, 20, of Ellsinore, Mo., died early Sunday morning after her vehicle slid off the road and hit a tree. White was driving on U.S. 60, seven miles east of Ellsinore when she lost control of the car and slid off the north side of the road, according to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. She had been wearing a seat belt...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 04/30/01)
THERE WAS a cleanup day in Cape. I think it is very nice to get things cleaned out around your house. I think it is time to clean up the McClure, Ill., area. When you drive through that town, the first thing you see is all the rundown houses and junk and weeds grown around the houses. ...
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TOBACCO SUIT SHOULD GO UP IN SMOKE
(Column ~ 04/30/01)
There are no practical remedies for certain of Bill Clinton's many abuses of power. But President Bush has a golden opportunity to reverse one of them by directing the Justice Department to dismiss the government's lawsuit against the tobacco industry...
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JUST ABOUT ANYONE CAN GET MEDICARE BENEFITS
(Editorial ~ 04/30/01)
The federal government is wasting tens of millions of dollars annually by paying felons and fugitives Medicare and Medicaid benefits they aren't entitled to under federal law. The problem, according to a federal investigation, is that program administrators aren't checking law enforcement records to determine the status of benefit recipients. ...
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CHINA COULD TRACK GIs WITH CHIPS IN ARMY BERETS
(Editorial ~ 04/30/01)
To the editor: Donn S. Miller is on the right track with his letter to the editor. I appreciate his thinking. With technology the way it is, I do not understand why we are buying Army berets from China. What will stop China from putting microscopic coding in the berets? By doing so, China would be able to locate our troops during conflict. ...
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DRUG TAX-CREDIT FEIASCO DEMANDS ANSWERS
(Editorial ~ 04/30/01)
State Auditor Claire McCaskill's audit of Missouri's prescription credit for senior citizens raises serious questions about the handling of the program. Someone should be held accountable. When the tax credit was approved, the Office of Administration projected it would apply to 261,000 people at a cost of $40 million. Legislative researchers refined the estimate to just half that number at a cost of $20 million...
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